Window-guard



j I.D.BRAUNB WINDOW GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 21,1917.

1,833,896. Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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ATTORNEY I. D. BRAUNE.

WINDOW GUARD. APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT-21,191]- 1 ,333,896. Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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WVE/V TOR A TTORNEV UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDOR D. BRAUNE,- OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

WINDOW-GUARD.

To all whom it mag/concern Be it known that 1, lemon D. BRAUNE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow- Guards. of which the following is a specificat-ion.

This invention relates to window guards or safety devices for windows and is directed particularly to a combination window guard and scaffolding or fire escape adapted to be attached to any common form of windows of dwellings. 7

One object of my invention is to provide a collapsible window guard which may be easily manipulated to position it so as to bar a window to prevent accidents.

Another object of my invention is to provide a safety device of the character described, which may also be adjusted so as to extend outwardly away from. the window and serve as a scaffolding, whereby one may safely stand on the sill outside of the window as when it becomes necessary to clean the latter, or as may be expedient in case of fire, when my newly improved window guard may serve as a fire escape.

A further object of my invention is to provide a window guard which shall positively bar a window when desired, and which cannot be made ineffective by a childs tinkering therewith.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved window guard,

which shall have the various advantages described above and elfectiy' ely and efficiently accomplish the foregoing ob ects,

and yet be neat and ornamental in construction, simple to manipulate and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects of my invention will appear from the detailed description, and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claims;

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the outside of a window having an embodiment of my invention attached thereto;

- Fig. 2 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 3.is a section out along line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 4 is a partly broken away View similar to Fig. 3 showing the guard in another Specification of Letters Patent. Patented [3 16, 192() Application filed September 21, 1917.

Serial No. 192,444.

position extended outwardly away from the window and adapted to serve as a scaffolding or protection to one standing outside'on the sill;

Fig. 5 is a broken away pla-n view partly 1n section corresponding to Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a detailed view of the means for holding the bars in a given adjusted position as to the height to which the guard is extended, and

Fig. 7 is a detailed view showing the means for positively keeping the guard in extended position.

Referring in detail tothe drawing,10 is the ordinary window comprising the upper and lower sashes 11 and 12 slidable in the usual frame 13. My improved window guard may be attached in any suitable manner to the window as for example by means of bolts 1 passing through the frame and extending into the space therein provided ing members 16. These bars 15 in the form 1 shown in the drawing are provided preferably at their ends with the small strips 17 extending in front of the bars and offset therefron'l by fastening means such as the rivets or bolts 18. The horizontal bars extend behind the supporting ,members and the pieces 17 together with the fastening means 18 thus form guides for the horizon tal bars whereby they may easily slide on the members 16. The latterare formed preferably with notches 19, and one of the horizontal bars is provided with the holding means 20 comprising preferably a member 21 formed with a wing 22 whereby it is pivoted at 23 to the bar 15 adjacent the ends thereof.

It will be seen that the piece 21 has a holding portion 24 adapted to rest in the notch and a longer, heavier portion 25 adapted by its weight to keep the holding means in position, and formed with the bent end 26 which may be easily manipulated to be raised up toward the bar so as to move the portion 24. out from the notches when a readjustment of the guard is to be made, or when it is desired to allow it to collapse.

When the window guard is to be used merely for barring a certain portion of the firmly held to the frame at their upper ends by means of a hook27 pivotally held on the frame as at 28, and normally held in engaging position by means of the spring29. The supporting members .16 are formed at the top with a curved slot 30 through which the hooks 27 enter to engage the rear wall 31 of the slot. Extending from the slotted portion and integral with the supporting members are the downturned portions 32 bent parallel to the body of the vertical members thus forming guides in which the topmost bar may slide. .VVhen it is desired to disengage the books 27 the topmost bar is slid up between the vertical mem bers and the downturned portions until the bar lifts the hooks 27 up from engage ment with the wall 31, thus'releasing the inclined members from the frame. Torgive the supporting members body and strength, they are formed at the lower end with the coiled portion 33, and to further provide for a swinging movement thereof, they are hinged at their lower end by means of the hinge 34'secured to the frame, and at the upper end by means of the hinge 35 secured at one end to the downturned portion 32 and atthe other to the window frame. It will now be clear that the window guard may be swung out by means of these hinges into the position shown in Fig. 4. In this position my improved safety device may serve as a scaffolding or fire escape and enable a per son to stand with safety on the window sill for the purpose, for example, of cleaning the window. V

I will now describe the means whereby my device may be made to bar the window for a certain height and be positively kept in position irrespective of any tinkering by children.

To accomplish this purpose, I provide a hook 36 pivotally held on one sid of the upper sash as at 37 and adapted in one position to engage a pin 38 held in the sash' The inner vertical guide piece 39 for the window is cut away at some convenient point so as to form a notch a0, and when the upper sash is lowered until the hook 36 is disposed opposite the notched portion lO,

it is swung into the latter and the upper sash can not then be ralsed up above this posit on. In this position, however, the

' lower portion of the upper sash has forced down the link 41 of a compound lever pivoted to the frame as It-l2. at the same time causing-the hooked link 13 to be raised into vertical guide pieces 39 for the sash. Thus Normally, of'course, the

when the upper sash is set so as to cause the hook 43 to extend outward, the window guard is held to the frame both by the hooks 27 as hereinbefore explained and also by the hooked link 43 which engages the topmost horizontal bar. The window guard will thus be positively held in position and cannot possibly be manipulated by a child so as to release it from the frame and cause it to collapse.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings, I have provided the topmost horizontal bar with the holding means 20 adapted to cooperate with the notches in the vertical members. As to the other horizontal bars, each may be suspended from the one above it by flexible means suchas to chains 44. and a) suitably secured.

It will also be clear that when book 86 is in. the notch 40, the upper sash has been lowered just a little and can now be neither raised. nor lowered without first manually swinging the hook out from the notch. lVith the barring means fully extended across the window, as in Figs. .2 and 3 and the upper sash so positioned, my invention forms a very effective protection against burglars.

To give a decorative effect and also make it possible to safely use the sill for placing things thereon, provlde the cagelike vertical guard portion 46 held to the sill. 47 in any suitable manner, as by bars 4-8. Of.

1. A. combination fire escape and window guard, comprising a stationary guard portion and adjustable guard portion compris-.

ing in combination with a window frame normally inclined supporting members hinged at one end to the frame, adjustable barring means slidable on said supporting members, and adapted to be held thereto in adjusted position, means for releasably holding said supporting members at the other end thereof to the frame, and means whereby said supporting members together with the barring means may be swung out from the frame into rigid substantially vertical position in alinement with said stationary guard portion.

2. A combination fire escape and window guard comprising a stationary guard por tion and adjustable guard portion in combination with a window frame comprising normally inclined supporting members hinged at one end to the frame, a plurality of horizontal bars, slidable onsaid supporting members, and adapted to be held thereto in adjusted position, means for releasably holding said supporting members at the other end thereof to the frame, and means whereby said supporting members together with the barring means may be swung out from the frame into rigid substantially vertical position in alinement with said stationary guard portion.

A combination fire escape and window guard comprising a stationary guard portion and adjustable guard portion in combination with a. window frame comprising normally inclined supporting members hinged at one end to the frame, a plurality of horizontal bars slidable on said supporting members, and adapted to be held'thereto in adjusted position, means for maintaining the bars in spaced position relative to each other, means for releasably holding said supporting members at the other end thereof to the frame, and means whereby said supporting members together with the barring means may be swung out from the frame into rigid sub stantially vertical position in a-linement with said stationary guard portion.

at. A combination fire escape and window guard comprising a stationary guard portion and adjustable guard portion in combination with a window frame comprising normally inclined supporting members hinged at one end to the frame, barring means slidable on said supporting members and adapted to be held therein in adjusted position, means for adjusting said barring means to the height of window to be barred, means for rele-asably holding said supporting members at the other end thereof to the frame, and means whereby said supporting members together with the barring means may be swung out from the frame into rigid substantially vertical position in alinement with said stationary guard portion.

5. A combination fire escape or Window guard comprising a stationary guard portion, and adjustable guard portion, supporting members hinged at the lower ends thereof to the window frame, barring means slidable on said supporting members, and means permitting said supports and the barring means to be swung outward from the window into a vertical position to provide to' gether with said stationary guard 21 scaffolding or fire escape.

6. A combination fire escape and window guard comprising a stationary guard portion and adjustable guard portion in combination with a window frame comprising normally inclined supporting members hinged at one end to the frame, a plurality of hori zontal bars slidable on said supporting members, and adapted to be held'thereto in adjusted position, means pivoted on said bars for releasably holding the latter to said supporting members, and means whereby said supporting members together with the barring means may be swung out from the Irame into rigid substantially Vertical position in alinement with said stationary may be swung out from the frame into rigid substantially vertical position in alinement with said stationary guard portion.

ISIDOR DHBRAUNE. VVitnesses:

DINAH LAOHENSKY, GEORGE DOAN RUssnLL. 

